From: Eugen Ciur <eugen@...>
Date: 2010-07-29T21:50:32+09:00
Subject: Re: hash key (?)

It returns ASCII code following for character question mark:
For example:
irb(main):002:0> ?a
=> 97


On 07/29/2010 02:59 PM, Brent Clark wrote:
> Hiya
>
> Im going through the Ruby Cookbook.
>
> On page 51, there is the following example
>
> letter = { ?v =>  'aeiou', ?c =>  'xyz' }
>
> My question is, what does the key ?v do or mean.
>
> Kind Regards
> Brent Clark
>
>